New Year's Eve Is Celebrated Around The Globe

SAM YEH

New Year 2013 is shown on the Taipei 101 building to mark the new year in Taipei on January 1, 2013. In line with the countdown will be a 188-second firework show to be presented by the Taipei 101, a 509-metre-high skyscraper and once the world's tallest building which is just hundreds of metres away from the city hall square. AFP PHOTO / Sam Yeh

New Year 2013 is shown on the Taipei 101 building to mark the new year in Taipei on January 1, 2013. In line with the countdown will be a 188-second firework show to be presented by the Taipei 101, a 509-metre-high skyscraper and once the world's tallest building which is just hundreds of metres away from the city hall square. AFP PHOTO / Sam Yeh

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KAZUHIRO NOGI

People release balloons to celebrate the New Year's during an annual countdown ceremony produced by the Prince Park Tower Tokyo, flagship of the Prince hotel chain in Tokyo on January 1, 2013. Some 1,000 balloons were released in the air with the visitors wishes. AFP PHOTO/ KAZUHIRO NOGI

People release balloons to celebrate the New Year's during an annual countdown ceremony produced by the Prince Park Tower Tokyo, flagship of the Prince hotel chain in Tokyo on January 1, 2013. Some 1,000 balloons were released in the air with the visitors wishes. AFP PHOTO/ KAZUHIRO NOGI

New Year's Eve Is Celebrated Around The Globe

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Indian sportsmen of Madan mohan malviya stadium, light candles to welcome the New Year in Allahabad on December 31, 2012. Sydney kicked off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time. AFP PHOTO/ Sanjay KANOJIA

Indian sportsmen of Madan mohan malviya stadium, light candles to welcome the New Year in Allahabad on December 31, 2012. Sydney kicked off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013, from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time. AFP PHOTO/ Sanjay KANOJIA

New Year's Eve Is Celebrated Around The Globe

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A view of New Year fireworks near the Shwe Da Gon pagoda at Kandawgyi Lake in Yangon on December 31, 2012. Some 50,000 people were expected to gather at the revered golden Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon for the city's first public countdown to the New Year and fireworks. AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung Thu

A view of New Year fireworks near the Shwe Da Gon pagoda at Kandawgyi Lake in Yangon on December 31, 2012. Some 50,000 people were expected to gather at the revered golden Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon for the city's first public countdown to the New Year and fireworks. AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung Thu

New Year's Eve Is Celebrated Around The Globe

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Fireworks illuminate the sky to usher the new year at the Marina Bay in Singapore on January 1, 2013. The spectacular fireworks burst across the skyline as ten of thousand people watch the eight-minute display. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN

Fireworks illuminate the sky to usher the new year at the Marina Bay in Singapore on January 1, 2013. The spectacular fireworks burst across the skyline as ten of thousand people watch the eight-minute display. AFP PHOTO/ROSLAN RAHMAN

New Year's Eve Is Celebrated Around The Globe

SAM YEH

Fireworks are launched from the Taipei 101 building to mark the new year in Taipei on January 1, 2013. In line with the countdown will be a 188-second firework show to be presented by the Taipei 101, a 509-metre-high skyscraper and once the world's tallest building which is just hundreds of metres away from the city hall square. AFP PHOTO / Sam Yeh

Fireworks are launched from the Taipei 101 building to mark the new year in Taipei on January 1, 2013. In line with the countdown will be a 188-second firework show to be presented by the Taipei 101, a 509-metre-high skyscraper and once the world's tallest building which is just hundreds of metres away from the city hall square. AFP PHOTO / Sam Yeh